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Kordia Obtains Expert Level in Fortinet’s Engage Partner Programme

By  Kordia,
 14 April 2025

Kordia has become an Expert-level partner within Fortinet’s Engage Partner Program.

The achievement demonstrates Kordia’s continued efforts in maximising the Fortinet Security Fabric’s product and services portfolio, as well as obtaining certifications for employees as Fortinet experts to act as trusted advisors for customers. 


Murray Goodman, Head of Product at Kordia, says “Obtaining expert-level partnership status highlights our expertise and commitment to delivering SD-WAN and security solutions that are the foundation of today’s networking environment.”  


“This achievement is a culmination of many successful deployments with customers, as well as the dedication and skill of our team who embraced the challenge to advance their own training to become certified Fortinet experts. This level of expertise across the team will really benefit our customers,” Goodman continued. 


As an Expert-level partner, the highest level partner in the Fortinet Engage Partner Programme, Fortinet recognises Kordia as a key partner with a broad range of expertise and the ability to best meet customer needs with Fortinet’s industry-leading solutions.  


Nick Frantzen, service creation manager from Fortinet New Zealand says the designation reflects Kordia’s trackwork of delivery solutions to address even the most complex and challenging customer needs.


“Fortinet values its strong partnership with Kordia, recognising their expertise in delivering high-quality solutions built on our cutting-edge technologies, including secure SD-WAN and next-generation firewalls.”


“We are excited at the prospect of Kordia’s capability to expand our reach, ensuring more businesses across New Zealand can benefit from an industry-leading portfolio of cybersecurity solutions.” 


About the Engage Partner Programme 


Fortinet is committed to helping partners meet new and evolving customer challenges created by work-from-anywhere models, hybrid IT environments, and the evolving threat landscape through Fortinet’s Engage Partner Program and enablement tools for partners. The program is focused on enabling growth opportunities that are unique with Fortinet’s expansive portfolio built around the Fortinet Security Fabric, designed to secure customers’ entire infrastructure from the data center to the cloud. 


In addition, Fortinet is committed to helping partners grow productive, predictable, and rewarding relationships to differentiate from competitors. The Fortinet Engage Partner program helps partners acquire the industry knowledge they need to increase business opportunities, deliver digital acceleration for customers with customizable programs, and accelerate partner growth.